I am having a problem again with a popup in Firefox v52.0

reble · 17 Mar 2017

This is in the Dell Inspiron 3541 laptop, OS Win7 Home 32bit. This time there is only 1 popup, see the attached picture. It randomly pops up. I ran a virus check, nothing found. I ran Malware, nothing found, and spybot and again nothing found. This pop up takes over Firefox. It will go away for a while when I use Ctrl > Alt/ Del to shut down Firefox with the "start Task Manager" then start Firefox again. Then it comes again again when I am working on something else in Firefox. It is a pain in the neck. How do I get ride of it?

Steve

samuria · 17 Mar 2017

If you refresh it that should get rid of it Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings - Mozilla Support Community

Callender · 17 Mar 2017

Related thread:

A question about a Firefox popup

To be on the safe side you should set .js file association to open with your text editor instead of WSH.

Callender · 17 Mar 2017

Also suggest:

Try this addon. Click&Clean | Add-on for Firefox

Once installed click the drop down arrow next to the icon in the toolbar and select preferences.

Set like this:

When you exit Firefox you get this:

Choose option to clear cache.

Roderunner · 18 Mar 2017

Firefox has been updated. If you open FF, click 'Help>About Firefox' you get this.

torchwood · 18 Mar 2017

what version are you running, look in progs/features latest is 52?

Roy

Roderunner · 18 Mar 2017

torchwood said:

what version are you running, look in progs/features latest is 52?

Roy

Latest version is 52.0.1 for 32bit pc's

Callender · 18 Mar 2017

Just a note to say that the popup seen is not official (look at the URL in the image)

It's nothing do do with FF being out of date (even if the OP is using an outdated version) - see here:

[Link Removed] see forum rules #13

reble · 18 Mar 2017

The version is 52.0

torchwood said:

what version are you running, look in progs/features latest is 52?

Roy

Callender · 18 Mar 2017

Look it's nothing to do with a version of Firefox that needs updating. Firefox has it's own update mechanisms and that page is not one of them.

From link that was posted and subsequently removed.
To our knowledge those notices are a form of "malvertising": those fake notices get triggered by code contained in ads that are displayed on otherwise legitimate websites you are visiting and get spread through advertisement networks.

We are not allowed to discuss this as per forum rules. Get yourself a script blocker and learn how to use it.

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